I suspect they'll be passing pot out to patients it won't work for and then when their numbers look good to show they're fighting opioid use not letting patients go back to an opioid when the pot fails.
Heroin use will probably increase.
JMHo
You are right. It's all about proper mitigation. But unfortunately, not all pain sufferers that are using opioids (or even those who aren't suffering but get prescriptions anyway) need the heavy-duty firepower of those medications. For these folks, pot would work just fine.
It's all about getting this out of our population to the extent where it's possible.
Correct, a HIGH person is just one out of the “realty” of Pain. When they come down, the same Pain is still there. It has more promise as a PSTD use than as Pain Med use.
I don’t care what the SO called Experts say, my younger cousin in Mass both smokes Weed and has a Morphine PUMP, which she would NOT need if Weed actually worked on PAIN. CBD oil is more for Neuropathy than PAIN. Kratom a tea extract they want to ban, having tried both Neither work on PAIN of more than Level 4. Not Post Surgical or Intractable Pain which is a Level 10, 24/7/365 for LIFE. Only a Pain Med will do that. Many have died of the FORCED TAPERS of both Heart Attacks and Suicide, that includes 20 of our Veterans a day, the younger War wounded are surpassing the Senior population.
Imagine you are 78 break a Hip and all the Pain Med you get is a lousy Tylenol tablet post surgery and through Rehab. Pharmacies like Walgreen’s, CVS, and Walmart are refusing to Fill Cancer Stage 4 victims Morphine scripts. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uops-pmp052219.php?fbclid=IwAR0jbPtqMLN4f-On1_oy-SktMI36OqHZWlkBaiZBHF7Zr7yUaTC1DNFtV7Q There are 100 PAINFUL Autoimmunes that are disabling, 10 Million are Fibromyalgia patients. Spine Injuries go higher 54 Million in Elderly. https://www.spine-health.com/physicians/elderly-spine-patient-54-million-reasons-market-will-boom
Now imagine you live is Socialist Canada, and a mediocre back surgeon leaves with this AA for short condition, it not only affects your spine but GI tract, Adhesion’s of the Full spine in Stage 3 is the same pain level as Stage 4 Bone Cancer. Arachnoiditis https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/arachnoiditis/ Your are Out of Luck for Adequate Pain control. Shannon’s MacLeod’s story: https://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/glace-bay-man-with-incurable-condition-cant-find-a-doctor-174052/
Lyrica and Neurotin death sentence for new Brain Synases
https://fibromyalgiaresources.com/neurontin-lyrica-death-sentence-new-brain-synapses/?fbclid=IwAR0tnQ9Vv3w_SYiLrW_n5mN83lMuYP5x9HgDhT0wmoAUfcbIA_IRnB2G8Kw
you are correct. And with the extra benefit that regular pot use makes users less sensitive to opioids and they require higher doses.